BruntFCA

Meh. Valid point, but it seems to me most of these 4X games have terrible AI. Civ V is possible worse than this one. Galciv was a fun game, but the AI in that was pretty weak 2. I remember it would never sally forth to trash fleets you put outside a planet, allowing you to just build up a massive force to take the planet. I'm pretty sceptical of AI being published though these python scripts. I had always assumed AI would be hard coded via an object hierarchy in C++. Th

There IS a wealth re-distribution system in the USA. It's called borrowing all currency at interest from a state granted banking cartel. People should be free to choose what currency they want to use, but they are not. Neither should the unborn should not be sold off on the bond market. To make it worse, Taxation takes wealth from mainly the middle class, while exempting the super rich, who can offshore, or even put their wealth into a trust or foundations. Large cor

Actually the Dungeons and Dragons RPG has always had such a combat system. All Players and NPC roll for initiative. A "Round" proceeds through the initiative list form highest to lowest (dex, feats and spells can boost your initiative). If you're a Rogue and gain a flanking bonus, it's often best for the high initiative Rogue to delay his action unit after the slow Fighter has taken his turn and hit a target. The rogue then moves behind the same NPC and gains fla